Device for feeding and delivering toilet-paper



(No Model.) 2 sheets-sheet 1. H. HUBBBLL.

DEVICE EOE SEEDING AND DELIVEEING TOILET PAPER.

Patented Sept. 13, 1887.

DEVICE FOR FEEDING AND DELIVERING TOILET PAPER.

15,369,855 Patented Sept. 13, 1887.

Ilmlll Il'nrrnn STATES PATnNT Carien.

HARVEY HUBBELL, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.

DEVICE FOR FEEDING AND DELIVERING TOILET-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,855, datedSeptember 13, 1887.

Serial No. 235,107. (No model.)

To C/,ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY HUBBELL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Norwich, county of New London, and State ofConnecticut, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Holding and Delivering Toilet Paper, which improvements are fullyset forth and described in the following specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which- Figure lisa sideelevation of my said device, showing also in dotted lines the relativeposition of the outer half part when opened to receive a new roll ofpaper. Fig. 2 is a view of the feed-rolls detached from the case, andillustrates the mechanism by which said rolls may be partially rotatedafter each cut to leave the end of the paper projecting outward, ashereinafter described. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of mydevice. In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown the feed-rolls e e with differentforms of cutting-knives,together with sections of the paper as cut bysaid knives.

My invention relates to devices for supporting a continuous strip orroll of toilet-paper; and it consists of certain combinations of simpiemechanical elements by means which of said paper can be removed only asingle sheet at atime. It has been an almost universal practiceheretofore to furnish toilet-paper of this class in packages of cutsheets, or in a continuous roll, from which it may be nnwound andremoved at will. When so provided for public use-as at hotels,railway-sta4 tions, mills, and other institutions wholly or in partopened to the public-large quantities of such paper are carried away(virtually stolen) by the frequenters of such places.

The object of my invention is to prevent this expensive and annoyingpractice by inclosing said paper in a suitable oase from which, as abovestated, only one sheet or section of the paper can be removed at a time.

Referring to the drawings, the letters a a' indicate the case of mydevice, made preferably of light cast metal, hinged together at one end,as atb, and having projectinglugs cat the opposite end formed withcoincident holes through which the loop of a padlock may be passed tolock the sections c a together.

Hung in suitable bearings in one half ofthe case are contactrolls ee,geared together substantially as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, one of saidrolls being provided with a knife, z,which engages a correspondinggroove, h', in 'the companion roll to sever the paper at each revolutionof said rolls, as more fully described hereinafter. The case is cut awayadjacent to the delivery side of the feed-rolls, as at x, to allow thepaper unobstructed egress as it is fed from between said rolls.

One end of the inclosinglcase is made large enough to receive a roll ofpaper, hiwhich may be supported on a central shaft or may be simply laidin the case, as in Fig. 3. Vhen anew roll is placed in the case, the endof the paper is carried around a tension-wire, z', and is then passedbetween rolls e c. Now, by grasping the end of said paper and drawing itoutward the rolls are caused to rotate until the knife comes intocontact with the paper and scvers it, the section thus severed beingequal in lengt to the circumference of the feed-rolls.

It Will be obvious that when a straight knife is'used and a square sheetdelivered some means must be provided for feeding the end of the paperforward a short distance after each cut,so that it may be grasped whenit is desired to remove another section. This I accomplish in a simplemanner by attaching to the shaft of one of the feed-rolls a crank, k,whose free end is connected to aspring7 m. The opposite end of thespring is secured to the inner side of the oase. Crank k is so locatedrelative to the revolving knife that when said knife has effected a outthe crank will have passed the center, and spring m will then act tokeep the rolls in motion about one-third of a revolution, or far enoughto carry the paper forward and leave the end projecting slightly beyondthe case.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown cutting-knives set at an angle to the rollinstead of parallel with its axial center. The construction shown inFig. 4 is such that when the knives finish cutting the angular end ofthe uncut strip pro jects beyond the rolls a distance sufficient toenable one to grasp it easily.

In order to prevent any tendency on the part of the paper to stick inthe knives and refuse to feed outward, the knives may. also be left aIOO quarter of an inch, or thereabout, apart, vas in Fig. 5, in whichcase snfeient stock, as ato, will be left uncut in the middle of thestrip to causethe paper to feed regularly. This uncut portion o, whenthe knives have completed the cut, is easily torn apart, leaving the endof the strip projecting.

rIhe means which I have adopted for severing the paper at stateddistances is, so far as I ani acquainted with the state of the art, newin this class. Ihe knife h does not engage one of the side Walls of thegroove h to produce an actual shearing cut to sever the paper,but ratheractsy as a punch and die and tears apart said paper on the line of theknife, the paper being meanwhile strained taut by the act of drawing itforward by hand. The knives may be very dull yand yet perform theirofIice perfectly.

Having described rnyinvention and the manner in which it is to beoperated, I claim-` 1. vIn combination with a tWo part case hinged asdescribed and having at one end a paperreceptacle, contact-rolls pivotedin said case, one of said rolls being grooved in a direc- .adapted toengage said groove, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination, a paper inclosing case, contact-rolls ce, pivoted insaid case, carrying a knife and groove, as described, for severing thepaper at each revolution, crank k,secnred to the journal of one of saidrolls, and a spring connecting the Wrist-pin of said crank and theinclosing-case, substantially as and for the object specified.

3. In combination with an inclosing case having one end formed as apaper-receptacle, Contact feed-rolls pivoted in said case, as described,said feed-rolls being provided With paper-severing knives broken intheir length to leave an uncut section of paper, substantially as andfor the object specied.

HARVEY HUBBELL.

Witnesses: l

FRANK H. ALLEN, F. L. ALLEN.

